Fireplace.



No. 659,770. Patented Oct. l6, I900. w. SLAPPEY.

FIREPLACE.

(Application filed Jan. 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WILLIAM HENRY SLAPPEY, EAST END, GEORGIA.

FIREPLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 659,770, dated October 16, 1900.

Application filed January 10, 1900. Serial No. 933 the model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat 1, WILLIAM HENRY SLAP- PEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East End, in the county of De Kalb and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Fireplace, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fireplaces, and has for its object to provide an improved portable device of this character which may be conveniently fitted to any fireplace-opening and removed therefrom, so as to clean the latter or for any other desired purpose. It is also designed to provide improved means for effectually carrying dust, ashes, and coal-gas u pwardly through the chimney, thereby m aintaining the room free from allinjurious gases, preventing an accumulation of ashes beneath the grate, and also ventilating the room.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the appended claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation showing the present fireplace fitted in a fireplace-opening. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional view taken on the line 00 0c of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portable fireplace constructed in accordance with the present in vention.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring particularly to Fig. 4 of the drawings, it will be seen that the present device comprises a basket-grate l of substantiallyrectangular form,havingintegral supportinglegs 2 located at the four corners of the grate. The rear side of the grate is closed by means of an iInperforat-e back 3, also formed in tegral with the basket-grate and extending at a suitable distance above the latter, the upper portion 4 of this back being inclined forwardly or outwardly, so as to overhang the grate. These parts of the fireplace are preferably formed of iron and cast integral, so as to form a strong and durable device. Secured to the rear side of the back and extending for the entire length thereof is a bowed metallic plate 5, having the opposite marginal fianges 6, which fit flat against the rear side of the back and flush with the opposite edges thereof and also removably connected thereto by means of suitable fastenings 7. As plainly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, this plate is bowed laterally, so as to extend in rear of the back and form therewith a vertical fine of substantially the same width as the back.

The application of the device is best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which the numerals 8 and 9 designate the front and rear walls, respectively, of a chimney, and 10 indicates the usual fireplace-opening formed through the front wall and in communication with the usual chimney-flue. The fireplace structure is inserted into the fireplace-opening, so that the legs of the grate rest upon the hearth 11, and the upper end of the back extends upwardly into the chimney-flue and above the upper wall of the fireplace-opening, so as to provide a smoke-flue 12 between the front wall of the chimney and the front side of-the back and through which the smoke and products of combustion are designed to pass into the chimneyflue. Beneath the grate an opening 13 is provided through the lower end of the back and extending substantially the entire width thereof, so that a draft is had inwardly beneath the grate and upwardly through the line 14, formed by the back and the bowed plate 5, whereby dust and ashes are carried upwardly into the chimney-flue. This draft also causes a circulation of air in a room, whereby all injurious gases are carried into the chimney and the room is effectually ventilated.

It will be observed that the grate does not depend for support upon the Walls of the fireplace-opening, but is supported entirely by the legs 2, which rest upon the hearth 11, so that said walls are not weakened, and the fireplace may be conveniently removed when desired. Also the smoke and heated products of combustion pass directly upward through the smoke-passage formed between the front side of the grate-back and the front wall of the chimney, while a draft of cool air passes beneath the body of the grate and upwardly across the rear side of the back, thereby protecting the latter in a great degree from damage by the heat of the fire. Also by reason of the back being inclined forwardly the smoke passage or fine 12 is choked or contracted, so as to insure a proper draft, and the entire grate is movable forwardly and rearwardly to adjust the size of the choked or contracted smoke passage or flue. This relation of parts and the movable feature of the grate possess important advantages, as the grate may be adjusted in a very deep fireplace-opening and chimney to obtain the proper size of smoke-passage between the back and the front wall of the chimney, so as to prevent smoking of the fire and to insure the proper draft.

What is claimed is' 1. The combination with a chimney having a fireplace-opening, of a grate, which is movably located Within the fireplace-opening, an imperforate back secured to the grate, incliningupwardly and forwardly over the latter, and having its upper end projected into the chimney and above the top or crown of the fireplace-opening, forming a choked or contracted smoke-passage between the front side of the back and the front wall of the chimney, the grate being movable outwardly and inwardly to adjhst the size of the choked smoke-passage.

2. A portable fireplace, comprising a basket-grate having feet, an integral imperfo' rate back projecting upwardly and inclined over the top of the grate, and provided at its lower end with a drafta opening located below the grate, and a plate secured to the back at its opposite longitudinal edges, its intermediate portion being lspaced rearwardly from the back forming aflue Which is open at its opposite ends and is in communication with the draft-opening of the back.

In testimony that I claiin the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVitnesses:

E. M. ROBERTS, THos. G. LAIRD. 

